Results, frightening
- 雷は科学的に説明されているから、雷が人間に対する神の怒りだなどとは人々はもう信じていない。だから、雷も以前ほど恐ろしいものではなくなってきている。
- Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.
- ますます多くの家がコンクリートで作られるようになり、コンクリートの家は木造の家屋ほど簡単には燃えないため、火事は今は以前ほど恐ろしいものではなくなっている。
- Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones.
Words
- おっかない Inflection
adjective:
- frightening; scary - colloquialism - Kantō dialect
- 末恐ろしい【すえおそろしい】 Inflection
adjective:
- frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
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